He led off by saying that he hadn't done enough head to head benchmarks to make direct comparisons between the consoles. But based on his experience (Mr. Carmack still remains actively involved in programming top id Software titles and pioneering new graphics techniques) he says he believes they're "very close" in capabilities and that "they're both very good".

In some ways this comparison is bad news for Microsoft as it calls into queston the company's claims that its console is five times as powerful when connected to the cloud as when processing offline (if anyone would fully leverage the Xbox One's full potential, it would likely be Mr. Carmack).

What has changed with FPS that's worth changing them? Why not ride the franchise wave like EA and every other studio does?

The reality is the PS4 and the XBONE are very close in performance regardless games will be written with the lowest performing console then may just maybe some eye candy added the more powerful but not enough that anyone will notice or care.

Im buying a XBONE because my family loves Kinect and I like the HDMI input abilities. If I want to game hardcore Ill play on my PC with eyefinity.